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February 25, 1942

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Burma's Defenders Driven Across Last River Barrier; CAMPAIGN IN BURMA TAKES ANOTHER SERIOUS TURN RANGOON DEFENSE AT FINAL BARRIER COMMANDS IN BURMA

By David Andersonspecial Cable To the New York Times

Brit withdraw to Sittang River west bank; Jap capture of Pegu and drive to Bengal Bay reptd; Rangoon-Lashio ry and Rangoon menaced; Chinese reptd setting up defense line, North Burma; Chinese repel 3d Jap attempt to invade North Burma from Thailand; Gen Sir A F Hartley takes over Burma command; por; Dr Tsiang on supply routes to China; maps

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NEW RUSSIAN FEAT ROUTS A NAZI ARMY; 13,000 Killed as Trap Closes on Flank of Leningrad Line -- Kharkov Ring Dented NEW RUSSIAN FEAT ROUTS A NAZI ARMY RUSSIANS REPORT NEW SUCCESSES

By Daniel T. Brighamby Telephone To the New York Times

new positions seized

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BIDDLE PRESENTS WAR 'SECRETS' BILL; But Tells Senate Sub-Committee It Is 'Skeleton' as Critics Suggest Changes BIDDLE PRESENTS WAR 'SECRETS' BILL

By C.p. Trussellspecial To the New York Times

Biddle defends bill; holds it may need revision; cites Krock comment urging censorship be placed in hands of Army, Navy and State Sees and Atty Gen; claims bill does not infringe on press freedom, Sen subcom hearing

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2 More U.S. Tankers Torpedoed, One Is Afloat; 16 Lost, 57 Saved; TWO MORE TANKERS HIT BY TORPEDOES

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U S tanker Cities Service Empire sunk by U-boat; survivors landed, Fort Pierce, Fla; tanker Republic torpedoed; afloat off east coast; survivors landed, West Palm Beach; 16 lives lost; 57 saved

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1942Karen Grassle, American actress^[†]

Karen Grassle is an American actress, known for her role as Caroline Ingalls in the NBC television drama series Little House on the Prairie.

Headlines from February 25, 1942

Burma's Defenders Driven Across Last River Barrier; CAMPAIGN IN BURMA TAKES ANOTHER SERIOUS TURN RANGOON DEFENSE AT FINAL BARRIER COMMANDS IN BURMA

NEW RUSSIAN FEAT ROUTS A NAZI ARMY; 13,000 Killed as Trap Closes on Flank of Leningrad Line -- Kharkov Ring Dented NEW RUSSIAN FEAT ROUTS A NAZI ARMY RUSSIANS REPORT NEW SUCCESSES

BIDDLE PRESENTS WAR 'SECRETS' BILL; But Tells Senate Sub-Committee It Is 'Skeleton' as Critics Suggest Changes BIDDLE PRESENTS WAR 'SECRETS' BILL

2 More U.S. Tankers Torpedoed, One Is Afloat; 16 Lost, 57 Saved; TWO MORE TANKERS HIT BY TORPEDOES

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